Famitsu’s Readers Reveal Their Tear-Jerking-est Games

Japan’s most widely-read video game magazine solicited its readers for votes on the games that made them cry.

The results of that poll are as listed below:

1. Final Fantasy X (Square Enix, PS2, 7/19/2001)

2. Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix, PSP, 9/13/2007)

3. Okami (Capcom, PS2, 4/20/2006)

4. Clannad (Gung-Ho Works, PS2, 2/23/2006)

5. Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater (Konami, PS2, 11/17/2004)

6. Steins;Gate (5pb., Xbox 360, 10/15/2009)

7. AIR (Incerchannel, Dreamcast, 9/20/2001)

8. Final Fantasy VII (Square Enix, 3DS, 1/31/1997)

8. Mother 3 (Nintendo, GBA, 4/20/2006)

10. Final Fantasy Type-0 (Square Enix, PSP), 10/27/2011)

10. Little Busters! Converted Edition (Prototype, PS2, 12/24/2009)

12. Final Fantasy IX (Square Enix, PS, 7/7/2000)

12. NieR Replicant (Square Enix, PS3, 4/22/2010)

14. 428 (Sega, Wii, 12/4/2008)

16. Tales of the Abyss (Namco Bandai, PS2, 12/15/2005)

16. Metal Gear Solid 4 (Konami, PS3, 6/12/2008)

16. Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix, PS3, 12/17/2009)

16. Tales of Legendia (Namco Bandai, PS2, 8/25/2005)

16. ICO (Sony, PS2, 12/6/2001)

16. Shadow of the Colossus (Sony, PS2, 10/27/2005)

For context, the entries that tied apparently received the same number of votes.

For yet more context, both Mike McWhertor and I agreed that Shadow of the Colossus was the closest we’ve come to shedding a tear playing a video game. This incredible trailer might also have triggered some swelling up in less emotionally-dead men.